ADA – The Third Annual Addiction and Recovery Conference, presented by the Brandon Whitten Institute for Addiction and Recovery, will be held on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 5-6, at East Central University’s Estep Multimedia Room in the Bill S. Cole University Center.

The conference will focus on current issues, trends and strategies in the field of substance abuse. Information will be presented on addiction recovery, treatment and prevention.

ADA – Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, Chickasaw Nation Gov. Bill Anoatubby and Harland C. Stonecipher, founder and former CEO and Chairman of the Board of Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc., will be the featured speakers as East Central University conducts the grand opening of the Chickasaw Business and Conference Center on Thursday, Aug. 22.

Tyler Mills, a junior from Stratford, is pictured after receiving the Billie Fathree Floyd Elementary Education Scholarship at East Central University for 2013. The scholarship was established in the fall of 2012 by family and friends of Floyd, a longtime educator, Oklahoma State senator and civic leader. Also pictured with Mills are Floyd (left) and Phyllis Danley, executive director of the ECU Foundation. The scholarship is strictly awarded to an ECU student who plans to pursue a physical education teaching position at the elementary school level.

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